Pasyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Pasión, from Latin passiōnem (“suffering”). Compare Kapampangan Pasiun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pasˈjon/ [pɐˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /pasˈjon/ [pɐsˈjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: Pas‧yon

Proper noun

Pasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔) (Christianity)

1. Passion
2. (literature) life of Christ in vernacular verse and chanted for a whole day and whole night without pause during Lent

Related terms

• pasensiya
• pasyente
• pasyonaryo
• pasyonaryong mabaho

 

See also

• pabasa

 

Further reading

• “Pasyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018